Veterans Memorial Plaza

On November 11, 2007, Mary, Anne, and I traveled to the Veterans Memorial Plaza in Carbondale. It was exciting to see a historic place that was only 1.17 miles away! We drove to the town square where the plaza is located. It was built in 1998 by the Carbondale VFW to commemorate local soldiers that passed away in 20th Century wars. Mary, Anne, and I were very intrigued by the lighted wall that was built in 2003. It identified the plaza, but it was the plaques behind the wall that were the most interesting. Each one described one of the 20th Century wars and the losses that befell the United States. After reading some very interesting information on the plaques, we also realized that Carbondale holds the Veterans Day celebrations at the plaza. We decided that we would have to visit tomorrow for Veterans Day! The latitude is 37.727N and the longitude is -89.216W. We piled back into the car and drove the 1.17 miles back home reflecting on all the interesting information we learned. Mary and Anne have now traveled 4,171.2 miles!